Four unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces on Monday morning in South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Following a tip-off about the presence of militants in the area, security forces launched a search operation in Manihal village. The team of security forces includes the army, CRPF, and police.
The gunbattle broke out a couple of hours later when terrorists opened fire at security forces.
As per reports, four bodies were recovered from the site of the encounter. An army personal was also injured during the encounter.
Later after the encounter, security forces have launched a combing operation.
Materials found during the operation indicated that the four men were affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba. The slained militants are yet to be identified but are suspected to be locals.
Last week, three militants including two top commanders were killed in Rawalpora village in Shopian in a similar operation. The operation continued for three days.
As per reports, among the dead was Vilayat Ahmad Lone alias Sajjad Afghani of Shopian. He was Jaish-e-Mohammad commander in Shopian.
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